This is my Star Wars blog, where I can share my knowledge and thoughts on Star Wars news, reviews, and lore from the star wars universe. I have watched and adored the star wars universe for years and delved deep into its rich and expansive history. I have gained a vast amount of knowledge from this and I want to share my knowledge with you, the reader.

Since Disney has claimed the rights to the star wars franchise, the content for the star wars canon has shrunk dramatically leaving only the six anthology films and the clone wars TV show. However, they are pumping out a lot of new content for us to enjoy. We have seen two films and almost three seasons of the new animated TV show, star wars rebels, along with a handful of comics and novels. We can expect more of the same from Disney in the coming years. They have said they will release a new film every year for the foreseeable future and we have confirmation of season 4 of star wars Rebels. What we have seen so far is just the tip of the iceberg and I cannot wait for what the future holds for the new star wars cannon.

As you can see the future of the space opera is bright and will be many years before fans lose interest if ever. My aim is to bring you along for the ride, to keep you up to date with everything star wars related in a byte-sized portion. I want to share my love for a franchise that has brought me great joy over the years. I hope you like my content and any questions or feedback is more than welcome.

In Star Wars episode 1 The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi fought Darth Maul at the Royal Palace on Naboo. The duel was long and intense, with Maul being successful in separating the two Jedi. Qui-Gon grew tired and was defeated by Maul with Obi-Wan still separated. Maul was extremely close to defeating Obi-Wan but he managed to fly over Maul and cut him in half. The two halves of his body then fell down a reactor shaft that they were fighting around. We later see him in the animated tv series, star wars the clone, and more recently star wars rebels. This begs the question how did he survive something that should have been so fatal.

When Maul was cut in half and falling down the reactor shaft he experienced his greatest connection to the dark side. He used all his hate and anger to will himself to live and used the force to grab onto an air vent. Maul was then sent tumbling into a garbage container where he lay severely injured until he was transported to a planet known as Lotho Minor in the outer rim. This planet served as a junkyard for the galaxies trash. The trash was used by Maul with the help of the force to construct a six-legged machine that he used to walk with. Whilst on the planet Maul made a deal with a sentient snake called Morley. This deal was to lure prey to Maul and in return, he would receive the leftovers. After years in isolation consuming himself in the dark side with feelings of rage, anger, and pain the sith lord began to go insane becoming a shadow of his former self.

This insanity escalated with the sith lord not even remembering who he was until after 12 years on Lotho Minor his brother Savage Opress tracked him down. Savage took Maul back to his homeworld of Dathomir to be repaired. Mother Talzin used dark side magic to fix Maul’s mind and construct a pair of cybernetic legs. Maul would go on to cause havoc across the galaxy, and would even get revenge against the former Jedi padawan by killing dutchess Satine, who Kenobi held great feelings for.

In the upcoming Star Wars Rebels episode, airing March 19th, it looks as though Maul and Kenobi will fight once again. We know that Obi-Wan will survive for a few more years until the events of a New Hope, so will this finally be the end for the former sith apprentice? I for one cannot wait to find out!

In the star wars universe, humans were the most dominant species in the galaxy. In the current star wars cannon, it is unknown where and how the species originated, but we can delve into legends history to understand where they came from and why they are so prominent.

In legends, we know that human history stretches back way beyond the beginning of space travel. However, the exact origin and early history of humans have been lost to scientists and historians over the millennia. Some people believe they came from the planet coruscant, but this theory is nearly impossible to test due to the planet’s ground level being kilometers below the inhabitants. The general consensus is that they originated from one of the planets in the core worlds.

Humans would go on to discover space travel and expand throughout the galaxy. They would use the technology left over from the Rakaton’s infinite empire to setup hyperspace networks between human colonized worlds. This period in history is known as the expansionist era. Humans benefitted from spreading their presence and culture far and wide, fairly early on in the galaxy’s history, sometime before 25,053 BBY.

This great expansion may attribute to why the human species is so numerous within the galaxy. It focused on exploring the galaxy and spreading its presence as much as it could. The result is a species that has been at the forefront of almost every galactic conflict since 25,000 BBY. Not only this but you can find a human in almost all corners of the galaxy living as farmers to Jedi/Sith to senators and anywhere in between, with the species making up around 42% of all sentient life in the galaxy.